Collar-button.



Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

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CHARLES M.'NEIss, 0E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specifcaticn of Letters lPatent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

.Application led December 29, 1917. Serial No. 209,547.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. NErss, a

Acitizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful y Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a button which.

is primarily intended to be used at the back of a shirt band to secure a collar thereto, although the construction 'of the button is such that it may be advantageously employed in other places andl for other purposes if desired.

. The primary object of the invention is to providea button of this character which not only enables the collar to be easily applied or removed from the shirt band with one hand, but is so constructed that the collar cannot slip from the button while the ends of the collar are being buttoned to the front of the shirt band.

Another object of the invention is to provide the button with a shank and head which will not offer opposition to movement of the tie between the folds of the collar after the collar has been applied to a shirt band.

Another object of the invention is to pr0- vide the button with a head, one side of which is provided with a pair of oppositely inclined faces which enable the head to be readily passed through the button hole in a shirt band or collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide the button with a head which is curved to conform to the curvature of the collar and shirt band, thus preventing the neck of the wearer of the collar from becoming chafed by the head of the button.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a prespective view of a collar button constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the button in applied position.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are views of the button r I in applied position with the outer fold of the collar broken away. 4

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of l Fig. 2. A

Like characters of reference denote the corresponding parts throughout the several views in the-drawings.

Referring nowto the drawings in detail the letter A designates a portion of a shirt band with which is connected a portion of a collar B by means of a button C constructed in accordance with the invention.

The button C includes a substantially rectangular shaped plate or base 10 which is curved longitudinally throughout its length and has the corners thereof beveled.

'Ihe base or plate l0 is provided centrally of its convex face with an outwardly extending stem. The stem comprises a horizontally extending portion 11 which may be formed integral with the plate 10 if desired, and a reduced and curved portion 12 which provides the stem between its ends with shoulders 13. The opposite side edges of the horizontally extending portion of the stem 11 are curved to prevent the ends of the button hole being cut by the stem, while the shoulders 13 prevent the collar B from being forced on to the horizontally extending portion of the stem while the button is in use.

The outer end of the extension 12 has formed integral therewith a head 14 which projects beyond the opposite side edges of the extension 12 and is curved longitudinally throughout its length to correspond to the curvature of the neck band and collar to which the button is applied. The upper side edge of the head 14 is beveled upon opposite sides of the extension 12 to facilitate the passage of the head through the button holes in the shirt and collar.

By providing the button with a stem and head constructed as above described it, is obvious by reference to Figs. 4c and 5 in the drawing that when the button is employed to connect a collar with the back of a shirt band the collar cannot slip from the button while the ends of the collar are being buttoned tothe front of the band.

When the button has been applied to a shirt band and it is desired to connect the collar with the shirt band by means of the button,the inner fold of the collar is held between the thumbA and forenger of Vvone hand. One of the ends of the head 14 which project beyond the curved portion of the stem of the button is now passed'thrgh the button hole in the collar after which, the other end of the head is passed through'the button hole, the beveledyffaces on .,t, he^head facilitating'th'e 'passage of the head'thi'ough the slit in the inner foldoffthe collar.

When the collar has been applied to the shirt band in the lmanner above described the curved portion of the stern not 'only' spaces the folds of the collar'a suicient'disf tance apart to allow the tie to be easilyslid therebetween, but also positions the head1@ below the button hole, 'so that the "head,vv and stem oer no opposition to th'esliding'of the tie between the folds of the collar. y

From the foregoing description taken vin connection with the accompanying Tdranving's it is apparent thata button for' collars of l'nanuacture is highly Ie out its length a central stem on ther` convex sideof saidp ate having a horizontally eX- tending portion tand v a' reduced portion curving downwardly and outwardly from l,said horizontally extending por ':oi i,"an leljn'gated head eouterehd of'said clirve'd portion ro. (Iirifed longit'ldiiially throughnt its length, and fae'es on said vfhm inclining' down- Wadly i v -oiit'wa'idly ,from vsaid red'ced curved "oition of the `stein to the ends of thehf' In testino'ny whereof I aflix niy'slignature.

ori-ARLES M. Nni'ss.

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